Dr Rukmini Mishra is presently working as an Assistant Professor (Botany), School of Applied Science, Centurion University of Technology and Management. She has a PhD in Agricultural Biotechnology from ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, India. After PhD, she received the prestigious Young Scientist Award from the Dept. of Science & Technology, SERB, Govt. of India to work as a Young Scientist at the Centre for Biotechnology, SOA University. The research involved development of molecular diagnostic markers for development of anthracnose resistance in chilli pepper. After three years of successful research, she received the prestigious Talented Young Scientist Fellowship under the TYSP programme of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of China and joined as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China, where she worked on CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology towards disease resistance in rice. She has more than 6 years of post-doctoral research experience in the area of plant molecular biology, genetic engineering and functional genomics. Presently, she is teaching Plant Biotechnology, Genomics and Bioinformatics at graduate and post graduate level. She has published more than 30 research articles in journals of national and International repute.

	Mail : rukmini.mishra@cutm.ac.in
	Phone : 7077320293
	Location : CUTM, Bhubaneswar